He postulates that the matrilineal,
matrilocal societies that colonized the Greater Antilles developed into complex chiefdoms exhibiting avunculocal residence, as a result of internal warfare and population expansion (p.
Gutierrez senala: "La residencia de cada pareja procura ubicarse dentro de la orbita ambiental femenina, es decir, es ostensiblemente
matrilocal. La esposa prefiere vivir al lado de sus familiares" (10).
(27) Asunto que, por lo demas, habia sido explorado a profundidad por Durkheim y Mauss en "Sobre algunas formas primitivas de clasificacion" de 1902, en donde se ejemplificaba como un sistema representacional primitivo adquiria determinada interpretacion y uso si la forma de organizacion social era
matrilocal o patrilocal.
The main place where such a reorganization can be observed is the village house built by the migrant couple (including a wing for their aged parents or the children waiting for their own place), with a
matrilocal tendency in the most isolated zones of the Minho region.
Yet the Hopi claim to be the oldest continuing civilization on the planet, the history of their survival having been passed down by each new generation's grandparents, especially grandmothers--for Hopi society is not only
matrilocal but matrilineal.
According to Ms Greer, the Williams sisters "live in an alternative society that is matrilineal, matrifocal and
matrilocal, a society that the patriarchy has always feared and hated".
According to Ms Greer the Williams sisters 'live in an alternative society that is matrilineal, matrifocal and
matrilocal, a society that the patriarchy has always feared and hated'.